Mental Health Tips for Writers: Really Useful Links by Amanda J Evans

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Amanda J Evans

10 October 2019

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Today is World Mental Health Day and what better opportunity is there to discuss mental health and writing. As writers, we are nearly always working in isolation. Sitting at a desk all day typing up stories to share with the world and this can play havoc on our mental health. In this column, I’ve gone digging to find the best resources available to help with mental help and keep you in control while you’re writing. I hope you find them useful and be sure to pass them on to all your writing friends too.

https://www.healthwriterhub.com/writers-need-maintain-mental-health/ – Why Writers Need to Maintain Their Mental Health: This article gives three reasons why writers need to keep mental health a priority. This includes taking a day off every month to recharge your batteries, stepping back and assessing things every so often, and avoiding burnout. There’s a lot in this article so be sure to give yourself time to read it.

https://www.uhs.umich.edu/tenthings – Ten Things You Can Do For Your Mental Health: Although this is a general article, it is also great for writers and all the ten things listed have value. Pick one of two and implement them or all ten if you can.

https://becomeawritertoday.com/self-care-for-writers/ – Self-Care for Writers: What You Need To Know: My final article this week contains a great video that explores why self-care is so important for writers as well as looking at some of the common and harmful myths about creativity. The video is just over half an hour, but well worth investing the time in.

I hope you enjoyed the links today and remember there is always someone willing to talk and listen to you. Don’t bottle everything up. If you feel you need help, reach out. You’d be surprised how many writers are willing to talk and who have experienced the same doubts and frustrations as you. Don’t sit in silence. The more we talk, the more we speak out, the more we end the stigma surrounding mental health. I look forward to bringing you some more Really Useful Links next week. If there is a topic that you would like to see covered, get in touch and I will see what I can do.

About the author

Amanda J Evans is an award-winning Irish author of YA and Adult romance in paranormal and fantasy genres. Growing up with heroes like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones, her stories centre on good versus evil with a splice of love and magic thrown in too. Her books have all won awards and her latest novella, Hear Me Cry, won the Book of the Year Award at the Dublin Writers Conference 2018. Amanda has been featured in a number of poetry anthologies in 2017 and 2018 including A Bowl of Irish Stew, a charity anthology for Pieta House and her short story Moonlight Magic was included in the Owl Hollow Press Anthology, Under the Full Moon’s Light, published in October 2018. Amanda is currently polishing her novel, Winterland, which will be submitted to agents and publishers in 2019, and is also working on a Bronte inspired story for an anthology due for publication in 2020. Amanda is also the author of Surviving Suicide: A Memoir from Those Death Left Behind, published in 2012. You can find out more on her website www.amandajevans.com, Facebook and Twitter: @amandajevans

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